This video traces the origins of the First Crusade, from Pope Urban II’s call at Clermont to the brutal conquest of Jerusalem, examining why it happened, why it was not defensive, and how a spiritual ...

Field reporters in this history-as-news program trace the events of the 12th c. Crusades. In this episode, viewers see the history-as-news treatment of the 12th century Crusades. Many feel the ...

In this video medieval historian Matt Lewis explores the numerous logistical challenges faced by the leaders of the First ...

In 1096, tens of thousands of Christians set out from Western Europe to oust Muslim overlords from Jerusalem, 2,000 miles away. By 1099, against almighty odds, the crusaders took the city by slaughter ...

Since the moment they began in the late 11th century, historians have tried to figure out the so-called "Crusades." The capture of Jerusalem in 1099 CE spurred a massive amount of writing in the ...

This Sunday marks one of the more odd and grim moments in the history of religion, and an event which continues to plague us right down to the present day. On this day, in the year 1095, Pope Urban II ...

It was at a speech made outside Clermont Ferrand that Pope Urban II called for a Crusade to claim the holy city of Jerusalem for Christianity, and wrest it from Islamic control. This was the start of ...